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china miners
· The discovery of gold leads to an influx of Chinese gold-miners to New Zealand, but then heavy taxes were introduced to reduce the number of Chinese coming here. -
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british arrive for better life
· 2259 British boys and girls arrived to start a better life (after WWI). -
white nzers
· White New Zealand League Formed. This group opposed any non-whites immigrating to New Zealand. -
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crazy german jews
· 1000 German Jews who were fleeing the Nazis arrived. -
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ww2
· British child evacuees from World War 2 arrived, as well as Polish refugees. -
british immigrants
· New Zealand government paid for British immigrants they wanted to settle in New Zealand. -
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arrival
· 19 000 Dutch immigrants arrived. -
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pacific migration to NZ
Pacific Islanders arrived in New Zealand, many on a 3 month visitors visas. Many overstayed. -
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iraqeys and iraneees arrive
· Refugees arrived from Iraq and Iran. -
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· Somali and Bosnian refugees
· Somali and Bosnian refugees arrived in NZ.